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Something done, a deed.

Actuality.

(theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.

A product of a legislative body, a statute.

(In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.

The process of doing something.

A formal or official record of something done.

(theatrical) (drama) A division of a theatrical performance.

A performer or performers in a show.

Any organized activity.

A display of behaviour.

A display of behaviour meant to deceive.

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

(act of parliament) (law) (act of parliament).

To do something.

To do (something); to perform.

To perform a theatrical role.

Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.

(copulative) To convey an appearance of being.

To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

(construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).

To play (a role).

To feign.

(law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.

(of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

To enact; to decree.

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